Emergence of the Fifth Human Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium knowlesi: A New Threat to Public Health?
Amit Bhattacharya, Shashank Kumar Maurya & Neetu Bhattacharya · Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases · 2020
Malaria, a mosquito-borne, protozoan disease is caused by a protozoan parasite of genus Plasmodium (Phylum: Apicomplexan). Four species of malaria parasites are recognized to infect humans. However, a fifth species, Plasmodium knowlesi, has been reported to show potential zoonoti...
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10.9734/ajrid/2020/v5i430176